Questions for Professor Riley's Lecture
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Data breach on Qatar National Bank
- The attackers broke into the QNL databse and released 1.4G data on Cryptome.
- There is currently no confirmation on how the attachers broke in.
- The personal data of the QNB clients as well as QNB itself were leaked.
- QNB said they would keep investigating. The authenticity of data is verified by other parties such as ISMG.
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Website of Qatar States News Agency got hacked
- The attackers hacked into the Qatar States News Agency backend and published a politically provoking article.
- The attackers "had used high techniques and innovative methods by exploiting an electronic gap on the website".
- The article ignited conflicts between Qatar and some Persian Gulf states.
- One US intelligence official suspected Russian hackers for the attack. The investigation is ongoing.
Summary of Professor Riley's Lecture
- Security guy, very passionate.
- Security breach happens often, so it's important to understand how things work.
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How to get into security?
- Practice the security mindset
- Experiment with the security tools
- Learn the security fundamentals
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Some real-life examples of security
- CMU ID card: 200$ to break into school
- Keyless entry for cars: rolljam breaks them
- Wifi protected setup: guesses WPS pin in 45min
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Learn more about security with him
- 15-330: Intro to security (breaking stuff in homework), counts as domain elective
- 15-316: Foundations of security and privacy, counts as logic and language elective
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Overall takeaway: HACK STUFF IS FUN (also knowing how to prevent them)